Walkthrough (Chapter Nine) part 2

As you work your way into the next location after the gap, you'll witness a brief cutscene, where a new breed of enemy is introduced to you. These foes are known as Headless Burrowers, and they're actually really, really annoying. Each Burrower has a head that glows green. When he emerges from the ground, he launches his head out towards Gabriel, and then retracts the rest of its body back underground. While left fending off the heads (which can be done with easy whip strikes), a red glow will appear under Gabriel's feet every few second. This is your cue to roll away, or you will be grabbed and attacked (when grabbed, follow the on-screen prompt to get rid of the Headless Burrower). What you'll eventually come to understand is that you must attack the bodies themselves when they're exposed. A few rapid strikes will cause an enemy to glow. That's Gabriel's cue to use quicktime events to rip them from the ground and send them into oblivion.

Once you've dealt with that initial wave of Headless Burrowers, you're free to continue in one of two directions. You can either storm an area straight ahead, or you can venture down a path to your left. First, move straight ahead. You'll need to use your Seraph Shoulders to launch yourself across the chasm, grabbing on to the hand-holds on the other side. Once you've done this, climb up the rockface to the small cave above. You'll immediately run into a dead body which contains the scroll you seek. If you choose to explore the rest of the cave, however, be aware you'll reach a couple of dead ends and won't be able to advance. There are some Small Trolls within that can be killed for experience, however.

After grabbing the aforementioned scroll, you're free to jettison back out of the cave, again using Seraph Shoulders to safely reach the arena where you fought the Headless Burrowers a little earlier. Once you're back there, you can take the new path on your left, which will lead to another chasm. Now, here's the rub. You can easily make the jump with Seraph Shoulders to a cave entrance sitting on the other side of the gap. But if you get a running start and time things properly, you should be able to jump across the gap with Seraph Shoulders, landing on the territory above the cave entrance. This will lead to an isolated area that contains a body with a Shadow Gem on it. Keep in mind that when you arrive here, you'll be trapped fighting Headless Burrowers in order to gain access to said Shadow Gem, but it shouldn't prove to be too difficult for you nonetheless.

With the Shadow Gem in hand, backtrack out of the isolated area, jump over the chasm, and then work your way back around and jump over the chasm again, this time heading into the cave below the platform you landed on earlier. After making a few more consecutive whip hook jumps, you'll find yourself deeper in the woods. It's at this point that you'll be assailed by a pesky Chupacabra, who will, as always, strip you of your gear. And now, it's time for you to chase him. Without your Seraph Shoulders (et cetera), you won't be able to proceed forward, so your only option is to head up the rockface on your right. En route, you should run straight into a dead body, which will contain a Life Gem for you to grab.